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Navettes de Marseille
Marseille orange blossom boat cookies
⏱ 120 minServes 20Easy245 kcal
A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.
01 — Ingredients20 servings
500 g (18 oz)pastry flour (French T45)
200 g (7 oz)sugar
2eggs
100 g (3½ oz)soft butter
1 pinchsalt
1lemon zest
50 ml (3½ tbsp)orange blossom water
1 tablespoonolive oil
1egg yolk
- 500 g (18 oz) pastry flour (French T45)
- 200 g (7 oz) sugar
- 2 eggs
- 100 g (3½ oz) soft butter
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 lemon zest
- 50 ml (3½ tbsp) orange blossom water
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 egg yolk
Quantities scaled for — some (egg, lemon, garlic…) are rounded to what’s practical.
Serves 20. In the app, quantities adjust to the number of guests on their own — and the ingredients go straight to your shopping list.
03 — Method
- Mix the flour, sugar and salt.
- Add the eggs, butter, zest, orange blossom water and olive oil.
- Knead for 5 minutes until smooth.
- Chill for 1 hour.
- Divide into 20 logs 8 cm (3 in) long with pointed ends (boat-shaped).
- Make a lengthwise slit with a knife.
- Place on a lined baking sheet and brush with egg yolk.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 180°C (350°F); they should stay pale or just lightly golden.
- A Candlemas tradition in Marseille; the shape recalls the boat of the Holy Marys.
- Keeps for 2 weeks in a metal tin.
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